121st AES Convention Platinum Panels Update

The 121st AES Convention in San Francisco will present discussion panels on October 6, 7 and 8 that feature some of the industry’s top music-production talents, who are cumulatively responsible for producing chart-topping hits with sales in excess of one hundred million units. Two new panelists have recently joined the lineup.

The Platinum Engineers panel will convene on Sunday, October 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Their discussion is titled “The Art of Recording and Mixing,” and will feature Geffen Records staff producer Tal Herzberg, engineer Dave Pensado and surprise guests.

A&M Records president and six-time Grammy nominee Ron Fair will moderate the Platinum Producers panel, which will meet from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to address “The Psychology of Record Making.” Fair was executive producer of Christina Aguilera’s album Stripped, which went Platinum 10 times. Panelists include Interscope/Geffen/A&M senior VP and president of Cherry Tree Records, Martin Kierszenbaum, and Eric Valentine, who has produced, engineered or mixed Smash Mouth, Third Eye Blind, Citizen King, Astro Lounge and Fush Yu Mang.

For a calendar of 121st AES Convention event dates, times and locations, visit www.aes.org.